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Well, to Mrs. DC9 and Cheesehead, what choice do I have but to humble myself and bow down to greater self appointed wisdom and intellect??? From here on in 90/1800 it is, so as not to create a greater workload and/or offend the defenders of intent. It's been fun tweaking you a bit.

Somehow it is a higher workload to direct an aircraft to 36 vs. 27? I don't buy it. I have around three dozen arrivals under my belt as well. About 18 each HP/LP. So with only one HP arrival on your score card, I think I am more qualified to judge the controller response to the HP arrival...

Actually no ... there is no complication. Your comment is not consistent with reality. The high performance arrival exists for aircraft flying at that speed and altitude. It is not based on type, but capability and the pilots choice. It is part of the 3D puzzle of Oshkosh. Fisk always (almost...

"operate comfortably" is a subjective term, not an "if then else' logic function. If that statement was a requirement, then I would have expected much more precise language. So, even though I am comfortable operating the aircraft over the entire flight envelope, I choose to operate at the 135...

I have now heard from several people that the FISK high performance arrival is "only if you can't safely maintain 90 knots" ...... I call BS on that; Quote from page 4 NOTAM : "Arrive at Ripon at 90 knots and 1,800’. For aircraft unable to operate comfortably at 90 knots: Slower aircraft...